Category: Home School Science

Winter Programs Re-Cap

2/11/2023

The scientific fun never stops, even when it's sometimes below freezing cold outside! This winter, our Home School STEAM Group is diving into a hands-on exploration of biology while also creating their own stop motion animation videos. This combination of science and creative arts has engaged our learners in fun ways to apply what they've been learning.

Our ongoing partnership with Private Picassos means young learners in our community have access to quality art exploration close to home! This winter, Sunday mornings engaged us in exploring color science, paleolithic cave paintings, entomology art and invertebrate creations!

During Science Saturdays, we dove into a hands-on exploration of physics as we focused on how things fly, how liquids behave, and how force works. Young scientists created paper helicopters and gliders, we explored attract and repel experiments, and observed what happens when certain materials are placed in water.

The scientific fun continues....

FALL WORKSHOPS RE-CAP

11/29/2022

Fall has been a fun and busy time at the Kiddie Science Lab! As our gardening winds down, our inside works ramps up. Although we're still functioning on limited group size capacity, and not all our programs have returned, we've still impacted hundreds of lives through the various programs at the Lab. As we ease into winter, we look forward to presenting even more programs and events to the community.

As the days grew cooler and shorter, our time in the gardens and with the chickens was limited. We still spent as much time outside as possible, learning about leaf anatomy, local ecology, and the basic needs of chickens. As our garden transitioned from its summer of abundant growth, we learned more about compost and the importance of returning nutrients back to the soil. We also embarked on an indoor hydroponics project that had us growing cucumbers!

Program partner, Private Picassos, returns for more exploratory art during Kids & Clay! Sunday mornings, we socialize while learning clay building techniques and making unique creations. We've had a great time learning clay terms, using tools, and completing projects.

STEM Kids NYC joins us this fall with an extension of Science Saturdays for our older scientists. It's been hands-on fun as we incorporate the Scientific Method through often messy explorations.

Friday mornings continue to be for age 3 and under! We've enjoyed singing, dancing, playing, and creating art. Our young ones have enjoyed exploring age-appropriate Lab materials, saying hello to our turtle Spaghetti, and getting a little messy as we paint and create.

Fall means we transition to physical science as our main exploration topic. Young scientists in all our programs explored different aspects of physical science, which implementing the Scientific Method. We enjoyed exploring chemistry, expanded our physics exploration, learned more about energy, explored color science, and learned more about the states of matter.

It's been an amazing time learning and exploring together. We look forward to more hands-on fun at the Kiddie Science Lab this winter!

Poring Over Pine Cones

9/24/2019

Some of what we've been up to at the Kiddie Science Lab-

kiddie science Workshop re-cap

3/17/2017

Our first month at the Kiddie Science Lab has been busy, busy, busy! As our existing programs begin to take root in our new home, we'd like to share with you a bit of what we've been learning about and exploring.

Big & Little Scientists

Our Big & Little Scientists explored the human body systems before moving on to our current study of food science, where we get to eat what we explore. During our time together we've learned about digestion, how our heart works, the function of mucus, and what germs are. For food science, we've become 'seed hunters' to help us classify foods, we've made fresh butter using science, and we've cut and chopped our way to a yummy salad.

Home School Science

Our two Home School Science groups have been busy exploring physical science, the study of nonliving things. We've so far explored states of matter, force (attract and repel), colors & light, chemistry, and electricity. All of our exploration has been in a hands-on manner that incorporates the Scientific Method and allows our young scientists ample opportunity for discussion and collaboration.

Science Saturdays

Our young scientists in the Science Saturdays program have been biologists. We've been busily studying living things at the Lab and having a great time doing so. So far, we have explored germs and other unseen things (and we even grew our own germs!), we've learned how to use handheld microscopes, explored the characteristics of invertebrates, dissected a worm, and we're learning to care for three new hermit crab friends; Harry, Henry, and Discover.

More images, video, and program highlights can be found on our Facebook and Instagram pages.

Home School Science Re-Cap

12/13/2016

Our exploration of the living world continues! Recently, the young scientists in the Home School Science program explored invertebrates, reptiles, and designed a living thing based on specific criteria.

For our exploration of invertebrates, we observed live worms the conducted a dissection. The folks over at Carolina Biological were kind enough to include a very special surprise in our dissection kit. It was a surprise invertebrate to dissect!

The highlight of our exploration was the design-a-living-thing activity. By determining where their living thing lived, how and what it ate, how it moved, and what adaptation it had, our young scientists were able to design and name their own invented species. We combined prior knowledge and creativity to create a very fun project.

Week 7: Invertebrates

We explore the classification of invertebrates by comparing and contrasting characteristics and observing behaviors.

Skills covered:
Making and recording observations, understanding ecosystem dynamics and organism adaptations.

Week 8: Reptiles

We explore reptiles by comparing and contrasting the characteristics of dinosaurs to modern reptiles.

Skills covered:
Analyze and interpret data from fossils, comparing and contrasting, evaluate and present information.

Week 9: Design a Living Thing

We review what we've learned about living things and design the perfect species.

Skills covered:
Understanding structure and function of characteristics, develop and use model, understanding of organism survival.

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